SAE-AISI H22 Steel vs. ASTM B541 Gold
SAE-AISI H22 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while ASTM B541 gold belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 15 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI H22 steel and the bottom bar is ASTM B541 gold.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.4 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 38 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 700 to 1920 | |
| 670 to 1180 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 90 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1670 | |
| 1110 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1620 | |
| 930 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 170 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 17 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 3.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 9.0 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 61 | |
| 11 to 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 39 | |
| 9.8 to 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 60 | |
| 36 to 63 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.3 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.8 to 3.8 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 13.5 to 15.5 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 | |
| 70.5 to 72.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 82.2 to 87.4 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Platinum (Pt), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 9.0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 5.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 10 to 11.8 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.25 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.3 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |